She sued, claiming medical neglect at a Louisiana prison. Weeks later, she died at a hospital.

Several weeks after an inmate sued the Louisiana prison system, claiming medical negligence led to kidney failure, she died from complications related to that diagnosis, her family said. Dana Smith, 62, died Nov. 13 at a Baton Rouge hospital after multi-organ failure, her family said. She arrived at the hospital days after filing suit in late October, suffering from sepsis, pneumonia, a drug-resistant staph infection, damaged kidneys and the... + full article